Brain Injury Support Group

Traumatic brain injury occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. Outcome can be anything from complete recovery to permanent disability or death. A coma can also affect a child's brain.

Prayer

Here is a video made for my wife Donna asking people to please pray for her. Please check it out and keep her in you prayers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXSOPo7GcGs

1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' 4"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' 6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

In the days of the bible judges traveled around and held court in tents. They set their own agendas and about the only way to have your court case heard were to bribe one of the attendants to bring your case to the attention of the judge. This widow had a couple things working against her. She was a woman, and women were low on the social ladder. She also had no money to bribe the attendants, so her case was not heard. So she just kept coming to him and coming to him. Finally her answers her and gives her justice.

So we must not give up on Donna, we need to flood the gates of heaven with our prayers. Therapist, doctors, nurses, insurance companies and social workers all want to give up on people too quickly. God says that all people are valuable. Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
This is why I am spreading the word about Donna and I am asking that you please do the same. I will not give up, I just know God has a plan in all of this and it is not where she is right now. I told Donna yesterday that we will never stop praying for her.
My eyes flood with tears daily for her. This is so hard I wish that I could tell you that I have gone through this mountain with bells and whistles on me but that just is not true. I have fallen many times into sin. I am a sinner. Jesus loves me through all of that and I praise his name that his does not give up on us so quickly.We seem to give up when others rub us the wrong way. I thank God for you and for all of your prayers and encouragement that you give me. Keep pressing in to Jesus. I thank you for listening to me, keep in prayer. There will be a beautiful sun rise on the other side of this mountain.
In his grip,
Bill

That video was beautiful.
I've been mad at God, for my own reasons, for awhile now. It's 10:12am and I'm getting in my car and taking a litle ride to go and say an honest heartfelt prayer.

WE HERE won't give up on her either. You have our prayers, our eyes and our phone numbers if you want them. We can be here for you and Donna. Know that we can and we will never give up.
Love and peace my friend

It's late, and I have to watch my bedtimes, because of my TBI, Type II Bi Polar Depression, Chronic Kidney Disease, and now, a constant dizzyness, and stomache upset.

I had just worked through all of that, and finally told the Lord &quot;I will, still trust You, no matter what. The devil won't make my be angry, or lose faith, no matter what he does.

Then I came to your letter, and video, and I thought &quot;What makes you think that *you* have problems. What a beautiful wife. And, what a terrible, terrible accident. (My car looked about the same). But, no matter what I get as result, ... it's nothing.

You're right on the mark about prayer. I have had God perform miracles many, many times. And, I have Him *not* seem to pay any attention, probably a lot more.

A old phrase was &quot;prevailing prayer&quot;. You are right on the money, when you state, that &quot;I'm not going to give up&quot;. Remember Jesus' story of the importunate widow, and the unjust judge? He told us, keep on praying, and badgering God, until He grants your prayer.

My take on that, is not that God is ever not fair, or nice,.... but that if we keep on praying, and praying, and trusting, and trusting ... it shows our faith has grown along the way.

Forget what anyone else tell you. They don't know the miracles that God can do. But, in another sense, we do have to turn it over to God, and tell Him ... If this is how You want it to be, I'm still going to love You,
worship You, and praise You're Holy Name&quot;.

When we tell God, &quot;You are God&quot;, and no matter how things look, or how bad they get,
I'm going to believe in You, and trust you, no matter what. Believe it or not, that's the definition of faith ... the belief that God knows what He is doing, and submission to His will ... as Jesus did in the Garden.

What a heart rending video, Bill. Your wife was to beautiful, had an incredible smile, and the love in your family was just pouring off the screen. It seemed a tragedy, but Jesus said that &quot;a man was born blind, so that He could heal Him&quot;. Think of that man .. did he have questions? 30+ years of blindness? No, he went everywhere telling what a miracle Jesus had done.

People *say*, I'll pray for &quot;you&quot;/her&quot;, but forget about it. I used to. No longer. I'm shutting off right now, and I'll be before the throne of God, asking for her right away.

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